Plant Manager at the Jackson, MS location for Armstrong Flooring Inc.

Lead continuous improvement and culture change through strategic and long-term consultation with Regional, Market and Hospital CEOs, and executive leadership teams.Provide structure to hospital operations through the application of LEAN principles.Deliver increased patient care, while increasing patient throughput.Own regional oversight and support of 21 hospitals and supporting operations.Balance strategic planning to market and hospital operational levels to coordinate resources and growth opportunities.Cultivate and build strategic partnership with Human Resources to provide leadership growth and training at all levels of the organizational structure.Performance improvement through personnel training and application in hospital and outpatient locations.Cost savings across region from LEAN efforts totaling over $12M from July to December 2015.

Guided continuous improvement and growth on base operations with direct authority for P&L, strategic planning, customer service, pricing, operations and sales.Coordinated strategic efforts in cost reduction, efficiency improvements, succession planning and personnel growth.Divisional P&L responsibility Accountable for strategic customer diversification / risk avoidance.Negotiated customer sales and capacity allocation, while adding new customer volume to diversify and level sales volumes across multiple industries, resulting in reduced risk and level workflow;Leveraged accounts of external customers to create sales consistency and set up for sustainable growth in diverse markets and industries.Standardized pricing structures and contracts to maximize competitive advantages in product variation and volume.Increased customer satisfaction with improved structure of price communication, status and quality.Developed, executed, managed and drove capital expansion efforts.Increased operational capacity with addition of capital monies to address bottleneck areas and increase quality output;Increased LEAN manufacturing practice throughout division level workflow and decreased operational burden;Led division in ISO 9001 and 14001 certifications

Plant Manager of the Hydraulics Division of Hol-Mac Corp.

Leader of all production personnel and responsible for safety, quality, delivery, cost and people development related to production.

Lead all Quality and Manufacturing Engineering personnel in providing support to production while strategic planning and implementing continuous improvement for both departments.

Project lead of cross-functional team members for North American region of NMHG targeting improving customer quality of lift trucks. Lead project in plants in Greenville, NC;Berea, KY;Sulligent, AL and Ramos Arizpe, Mexico